Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning

Timothy Snyder
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A brilliant, haunting, and profoundly original portrait of the defining tragedy of our time.

In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the twentieth century, and reveals the risks that we face in the twenty-first. Based on new sources from eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors, Black Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event that is still close to us, more comprehensible than we would like to think, and thus all the more terrifying.

The Holocaust began in a dark but accessible place, in Hitler's mind, with the thought that the elimination of Jews would restore balance to the planet and allow Germans to win the resources they desperately needed. Such a worldview could be realized only if Germany destroyed other states, so Hitler's aim was a colonial war in Europe itself. In the zones of statelessness, almost all Jews died. A few people, the righteous few, aided them, without support from institutions. Much of the new research in this book is devoted to understanding these extraordinary individuals. The almost insurmountable difficulties they faced only confirm the dangers of state destruction and ecological panic. These men and women should be emulated, but in similar circumstances few of us would do so.

By overlooking the lessons of the Holocaust, Snyder concludes, we have misunderstood modernity and endangered the future. The early twenty-first century is coming to resemble the early twentieth, as growing preoccupations with food and water accompany ideological challenges to global order. Our world is closer to Hitler's than we like to admit, and saving it requires us to see the Holocaust as it was -- and ourselves as we are.

Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but warning.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)


“Stars Without a Heaven: Children in the Holocaust” Exhibition 
Date: 16-31 October 2019
Time: Monday to Sunday, 8:30am-11:00pm.
Venue: Wofoo Foundation Gallery, Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free of charge
For enquiries, please email to lb@cityu.edu.hk
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收集夢的剪貼簿 (House of Day, House of Night)

奧爾嘉．朵卡萩 (Olga Tokarczuk)
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作者獲得2018年度的諾貝爾文學獎。

非線性小說的傑作，入圍2004年IMPAC都柏林國際文學獎決選，獲1999年波蘭尼刻文學獎

我在做夢，我覺得時間走得沒有盡頭。沒有以前，也沒有以後……
新魯達位於歐洲的心臟地帶，曾是個身分不明的地方，過去屬於波蘭、德國、捷克、奧匈帝國，現歸屬波蘭，語言與邊界的更迭造成此地生活的特異性。

敘事者與她的先生Ｒ搬來這裡居住，她是一個收集夢的人，收自己的夢與他人的夢，她發現了這個地方藏著許多祕密，藉由與奇特的鄰居老婆婆瑪爾塔的交往，從中得知許多當地的奇聞軼事、過往的歷史，以及生活的見解。

夢的獨白與對白穿插在文本中，交疊錯綜著現實生活的風俗民情刻畫、自我對話的哲思、歷史訊息的隱藏符碼、超現實的神話傳奇軼聞等，將整體交織成一部層次豐富、思維飽滿的多稜鏡，提供各個面向的觀照。因此，穿過敘事者的意識層，可以發現這部小說的主角其實是夢，夢掩藏著也承載著人的生存意義，敘事者試圖從中獲得什麼，端視讀者從中讀到了什麼，這是一部有著高度互動性、可撕黏性的文本。

情節以非線性剪接的方式呈現，接連出現的夢，彷彿呼應著榮格的「同步性」，將一幕幕非偶然的偶然，排演出一場多重意義的群舞：時間的秩序、空間的界線、意識的刻度、情感的對位、信仰的永恆、生活的本質、死亡的勝利……

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success

Wendy Laura Belcher
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“Wow. No one ever told me this!” Wendy Laura Belcher has heard this countless times throughout her years of teaching and advising academics on how to write journal articles. Scholars know they must publish, but few have been told how to do so. So Belcher made it her mission to demystify the writing process. The result was Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks, which takes this overwhelming task and breaks it into small, manageable steps. For the past decade, this guide has been the go-to source for those creating articles for peer-reviewed journals. It has enabled thousands to overcome their anxieties and produce the publications that are essential to succeeding in their fields.

With this new edition, Belcher expands her advice to reach beginning scholars in even more disciplines. She builds on feedback from professors and graduate students who have successfully used the workbook to complete their articles. A new chapter addresses scholars who are writing from scratch. This edition also includes more targeted exercises and checklists, as well as the latest research on productivity and scholarly writing. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks is the only reference to combine expert guidance with a step-by-step workbook. Each week, readers learn a feature of strong articles and work on revising theirs accordingly. Every day is mapped out, taking the guesswork and worry out of writing. There are tasks, templates, and reminders. At the end of twelve weeks, graduate students, recent PhDs, postdoctoral fellows, adjunct instructors, junior faculty, and international faculty will feel confident they know that the rules of academic publishing and have the tools they need to succeed.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

失治之城 : 掙扎求存的香港 (A City Mismanaged: Hong Kong's Struggle for Survival)

顧汝德 (Leo F. Goodstadt)
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作者顧汝德為前中央政策組首席顧問，曾為港英政府出謀獻策，本書聚焦房屋供應、醫療和教育等普羅讀者最關心的民生福祉，提供相關的數據及文獻，全面分析香港管治制度崩壞的主要因由。

從土地大缺失、「劏房」貧民窟湧現、公營醫療「爆煲」、到中港融合的錯誤定位，點出歷任行政長官及其治港班子的一連串災難性的失策及弊政，如何危害香港人的財產、生活素質以至人命安全。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder
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#1 New York Times Bestseller •

The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.

On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

深度學習力：學歷貶值時代，MIT博士教你從大學就脫穎而出的75個成功法則 (How to Win at College)

卡爾‧紐波特 (Cal Newport)
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超級暢銷書《Deep Work深度工作力》作者 ╳ MIT博士
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寫給年輕世代的深度學習指南
讓大學成為你前途的跳板

學歷貶值時代，上大學絕對不只是為了那張畢業證書！
如何利用大學4年培養真正的實力？
如何在踏出校園之前就替未來做好準備？

更重要的是……如何在培養競爭力的同時，又能享受充實而美好的校園生活？

除了自身擁有極具效率的時間管理方法與極富成效的學習成果，
卡爾．紐波特也採訪了哈佛大學、史丹佛大學等名校裡最優秀的學生們，
追問他們有關時間管理、讀書，以及平衡社交與用功的方法。

．該怎麼準備考試和報告？
．該參加哪些課外活動？
．該怎麼和教授互動？
．什麼才是刺激思維又維持樂觀的好方法？
．該如何平衡愉快的社交生活與雄心勃勃的日程表？
．怎麼樣才能量身訂製完美的活動，符合你的能力、興趣與喜好？

這些是每個學生都該提出的重要問題，而答案就在本書裡。
本書列舉了優秀大學生必備的75個成功法則，
你不必是天才，也不需要超強記憶力，
就能給自己更好的未來，同時還能享有健康的睡眠與愉快的社交生活。

在擁有足夠智慧與滿腔熱血的年紀，不該浪費你的才華與熱情。
善用校園的軟硬體資源，結識能給自己啟發與靈感的教授、同學，以豐沛的資源與支援為後盾，
你可以更有野心、更有計畫地，讓大學4年不光是苦讀或玩樂，更是前途的跳板！

大學時期培養的態度與習慣，將是一生受用無窮的寶藏—— 《深度學習力》就是引領你脫穎而出的一把鑰匙。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)